Immigration can be defined as the migration of a group of individuals from their home country to another country in search of social, economic and political sustainability (Flores, & Loss, 2010). Currently, immigration has become one of the major socio-economic challenges worldwide. Several developed countries, as well as developing ones, are now suffering from the consequences of immigration. Moreover, not only the home countries but also the recipient nation states are suffering from the adverse impacts of immigration, which have caused socio-economic conflict within the countries. An influx of immigrants can lead to unemployment, at the same time grow the crime …show more content…
Firstly, this essay has demonstrated that it creates unemployment due to a fierce competition for jobs opportunities. Immigrants would compete with domestic workers and make them unemployed. Furthermore, immigration increases the crime rate in recipient nation states as various statistics has proved it. Although some sociologists believe that a majority of immigrants start their businesses in receiving countries instead of competing with local workers, those immigrants still compete in the same business domain enhances the level of unemployment. In addition, both immigrants and natives commit crimes, immigration cannot be solely blamed for the increase in the crime rate. Nevertheless, the crime rate by immigrants is significantly greater than the domestics. Therefore, immigration has adverse effects on the recipient countries or states. However, because immigration is a global trend of future development and the movement of people between numerous countries expanded significantly during this years, it is unwise to prohibit immigration. Instead of reliving or solving this issue, the government should enhance superintendence strength while controlling the quantity and the level of education of …show more content…
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